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By 1982, the CART PPG Indy Car World Series was generally recognized as the American national championship in open wheel racing. In 1983, USAC agreed to allow CART to add the Indy 500 to its schedule and have drivers be awarded points in the CART championship while retaining their authority to sanction the 500.
The season consists of a series of races held variously on permanent road courses, closed city streets and oval tracks, usually in the United States and in a few cases abroad. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] The Drivers' Championship is presented to the most successful open-wheel driver over the course of the season through a points system based on individual race ...
Colton Herta is the youngest winner of a major American open-wheel car race; he was 18 years, 11 months and 25 days old when he won the 2019 IndyCar Classic. [1] Louis Unser is the oldest winner of a major American open-wheel car race; he was 57 years, 5 months and 22 days when he won the 1953 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb .
Rutherford won his qualifying heat race for the 1963 Daytona 500, becoming the youngest winner of a Duel as a championship race, a record that would stand as the races were taken off the championship schedule in 1971 (though it has since been broken, the race was not a championship race when it happened). Later that year he also had his first ...
He finished in the top five three times in the CART series, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1983 at Cleveland. In 1992, Halsmer raced in the IROC series, representing IMSA . Pete drove for Ford/Roush ( NASCAR owner Jack Roush ) from 1986 through 1989 and won six Trans Am races and four GTO races winning the 1989 GTO championship.
The U.S. Formula 5000 series ran from 1970 to 1976, and the revived Can-Am series ran from 1977 to 1980. The CART series debuted at the track in 1980, and continued to race there from 1983 to 2003. In 2007, American open wheel racing returned to the venue, when the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series held an event.
Johncock's last Indycar win was in the opening round of the 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series at the Atlanta Motor Speedway driving a Cosworth powered Patrick Wildcat. Johncock, who started 3rd on the grid, won the 200 mile, 132 lap race at an average of 146.133 mph from the Penske -Cosworth of Al Unser and John Paul Jr. in a 1982 model ...
CART PPG Indy Car World Series: Newman/Haas Racing: 1 0 0 0 1 14 23rd World Sportscar Championship: TWR Jaguar: 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1986 Formula One: Team Haas (USA) Ltd: 16 0 0 0 0 4 12th 1987 All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship: Toyota Team Tom's: 3 1 0 0 2 12 22nd World Sportscar Championship: 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car ...